Tie fastener



`oct. 15, 1935. H wAlTE 2,017,379

TIE FASTENER Filed Feb. 7, 1954 M Lm 4 if FIG EL Flll.

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Patented Oct. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in tie fasteners,and is designed more particularly to provide a fastener for bale tiesused on bales of cotton. The particularly novel 5 feature of my improvedfastener is the provision of a slotted opening between the legs of a U-shaped plate, and a pair of jaws at the entrance of this opening whichhave outer edges so inclined as to form a convergent throat tofaciliinto the fastener, and have also inner edges so inclined as toform divergent abutments to secure the inserted ends againstdisplacement.

While I have illustrated in the drawing filed herewith and havehereinafter fully described one specific embodiment of my invention, itis to be distinctly understood that I do not consider my inventionlimited to said specific embodiment, but refer for its scope to theclaimsl appended hereto.

In the drawing:

Fig, 1 is a top plan view of my improved fastener with the looped endsof the bale tie applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the fastener, and one end of the tie inplace and the other end being inserted into the fastener.

My improved fastener, as illustrated in the drawing, comprises aU-shaped plate having the cross-head portion l with the legs 2 and 3provided with the inwardly extending jaws 4 having on their outer edgesthe inwardly inclined faces 5 and on their inner edges the outwardlyinclined faces 6. From the foregoing description of my improvedfastener, its use and operation will be obvious. While the mass to berestrained, as for instance a bale of cotton, is under compression in apress, the bale tie T is passed about the bale, its end 1 having beenturned under upon tate the insertion of the looped ends of the tieitself to form the bight 8 which is passed between the jaws 4 to bereceived about the leg 2. When the tie T has been drawn about the bale,the end 9 is turned under upon itself to form the bight I0 which ispassed between the jaws 4 to be received about the leg 3. It is to benoted that the inclined faces 5 facilitate the passage of the bights 8and Ill between the jaws 4, and the inclined faces 6 tend to preventaccidental displacement of the bights 8 and ID from the legs 2 10 and 3respectively. When the bale is released from the press, it expands anddraws the tie T tight around the bale, and the ends 1 and 9 being turnedin next to the bale are prevented from straightening out and are madefast in the fastener.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legsforming posts to receive the looped ends Vof the tie thereabout; andcon- 20 vergent extensions on the ends of the legs to form retainingabutments for the loops.

v2. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legsforming posts to receive the looped ends of the tie thereabout; and an25 inwardly projecting jaw on each leg, having an inwardly inclined faceon its outer side, to form a throat having converging sides for theinsertion of the looped ends.

3. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legsforming posts to receive the looped ends of the tie thereabout; and aninwardly projecting jaw o-n each leg having an outwardly inclined faceon its inner side.

4. In a tie fastener, the combination of a U- shaped plate, its legsforming posts to receive the looped ends of the tie thereabout; and aninwardly projecting jaw on each leg having an inwardly inclined face onits outer side and an outwardly inclined face on its inner side.

HENRY L. WAI'I'E.

